An air traffic controller did not issue a safety warning before two planes collided mid-air because he believed the pilots were already 'sorting themselves out'. Trang van Heugten, the lawyer representing Ido Segev's family, says the crash was 'avoidable'. Video via AAP.
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00:00 We are grateful that the Coroner is holding an interest into this collision.
00:04 We'd like to know what happened and how this incident could have been avoided.
00:09 There were two very senior veteran, highly respected pilots who died.
00:15 There were two junior or young pilots who were at the prime of their lives.
00:22 They had so much to look forward to and yet this incident occurred.
00:27 In our view, it was avoidable.
00:30 This interest we hope will be able to obtain some recommendations and findings which will help improve the situation.